Misidentified any birds lately?
Among Greg Ellifritz’s most recent Weekly Knowledge Dump (You’re not subscribed? WFT not? Use the little blue box at the link.) items was this little…
Category: Prepping
Potato Chips Anointed in Blood
So…Mrs. Freeholder decided she wanted burgers and chips for supper. No grocery store chips in the house, but I’m a prepper. We have potatoes and…
How bad is it…
…when you steal your inspiration, which is desperately needed because you still feel like crap most days, from a guy who is undergoing multiple procedures…
Stop The Bleed Month
May is Stop The Bleed Month. Stop The Bleed is a program of instruction aimed at teaching bystanders how to save lives by preventing exsanguination–you…
Readywise Freeze-dried Foods
If you’ve been at the prepping thing for any length of time, you’ve heard about freeze-dried foods, even if you haven’t bought any. Freeze-dried foods…
What do you do when the drugs run out?
There’s a title you can take at least four ways: There are probably others that don’t occur to me at the moment. I suspect it…
Something has gone wild
Remember the commercials for the “Girls Gone Wild” videos? You were promised all these nubile young things doing all sorts of questionable activities. It turned…
Help, medic!
I ran across something that may prove useful even if things don’t go sideways. While you’re building that thing, be careful to vet the kit…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Well, he wasn’t in the dark, because this blackout started at 9 AM. Somebody hit a pole near us. The power went off, came back…
This might come in handy
I don’t think there’s a particular reason to run out and finish off your prep list, but I needed some quick content. Grandkids have been…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Probably groping for a flashlight, especially if he wasn’t a prepper. Ah, but we’re smarter than ol’ Jack. While we may carry a tiny flashlight…
A blast from the past
I’ve mentioned here or there that I’m not quite desperately trying to clean out the basement from years worth of this and that that’s been…
What’s your lifeboat plan?
Watch this YouTube video. It’s a bit less than 5 minutes, and I’ll wait right here. Well, I’ll be down below the video. Financial forecasters…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
Stumbling around in the dark, cursing himself because he hadn’t bought a decent flashlight, and hoping that sound he heard wasn’t an intruder. A few…
Back to “busy”
While I’m not having migraines and the weather is warm (my weather station claims 81o at 1 PM today), I’m working outside. Much trimming of…
Everyone needs at least one good knife
Like the post title says, “Everyone needs a good knife.” In actuality, you need several. A bunch is even better. And as Project Farm demonstrates…
Powering up
(Note: Astute reader Robert noted that I’d made a mistake in my table. An open circuit can have no amperage, since by definition that’s a…
Even peppers get old
First, go read this piece by Wayne Bosak at SurvivalBlog. I’ll wait here. When you’re a young man (or woman) in your 20s or 30s,…
Need a reason?
This is why I have a rule about fuel in vehicles-“3/4 = empty”. It used to be the old “1/2 = empty”, but I changed…
I have to say that I didn’t think of this problem
I own a fair bit of older, well-seasoned equipment. I’ve even had it break and parts not be available. But for some reason, it never…
Basic Training
If you’ve been in the military, even the Air Force, basic training is indelibly etched into your memory, and with good reason-it’s supposed to work…
Bleeding control when you can’t use a tourniquet
A new device, approved by the TCCC, is available for bleeding control in places where a tourniquet won’t work. The iTClamp works by securing the…
I’m finally done carrying wood
Rain delays, doctor appointments and so on could delay me but not stop me. The wood is carried and stacked. By measurement, this is between…
Good wood warms you twice
I keep thinking about that old saying, and wondering if making an online transfer to the natural gas company or the electric company might not…
2 Minute Warning
This past weekend, we got our 2 minute warning in relationship to the change of seasons. While it wasn’t that cold (lows in the mid-40s,…
The food weapon
Don’t think that those who hate us and want us to die won’t use food as a weapon. Hungry people will do almost anything to…
10 Weeks to Preparedness
I’ve had this sitting in a tab long enough that I’ve forgotten where I found it. It’s been about 13 or 14 years since I…
I think this is important
The migraines have been co-operating lately, so I’ve been much more physically active. And then yesterday I wrenched my back vacuuming the house. So today…